Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool v2.6

The Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer programmatically collects settings and values from data repositories such as Active Directory, registry, metabase and performance monitor. Once collected, a set of comprehensive ‘best practice’ rules are applied to the topology. Administrators running this tool will get a detailed report listing the recommendations that can be made to the environment to achieve greater performance, scalability and uptime.

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Virtual Server 2005 R2 Now Available as a Free Download, Yes Its True :)

Today Microsoft announced that Virtual Server 2005 R2 is now available as FREE DOWNLOAD. This also will apply to the forthcoming service pack 1 of Virtual Server 2005 R2. In addition, Microsoft announced the availability of Virtual Machine Add-Ins for Linux and a technical product support model for Linux guest operating systems running on Virtual Server 2005 R2.

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Implementing Captcha Validation with OWA 2003 and Forms-Based Authentication

The word ‘Captcha’ stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. Most World Wide Web users will have seen this kind of test in the form of a picture of a word (usually distorted), which the user must type into an input box to prove that they are a real person, and not just a spambot, or some other computerized agent trawling the Web for exploits, you should seen this if you joined any of Yahoo Groups. now this technology can be integrated with MS Exchange Server 2003 which uses OWA and Form-Based Authentication , to know how to do it, please refer to the following Article which was published on MSExchange.Org Site.
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Internet Explorer V 7.0 - Beta 2 is available for download now

Internet Explorer 7 - Beta 2 is a major step forward in ease of use and security. Download it now, and explore the new Features.

Exchange 12 (E12) is now officially named "Exchange Server 2007"

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is the next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, code-named Exchange "12". The “2007” denotes the close alignment of this release with the Office 2007 wave of products, which together deliver a best-in-class enterprise messaging and collaboration solution to both information technology (IT) professionals and information workers.

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Announcing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

Operations Manager 2007 lets you easily monitor your IT services, reliably scales across your organization and environment, and includes the Microsoft application and operating system (OS) knowledge you need to rapidly resolve your operational problems. As companies grow their business, adding more employees and rolling out new applications and services, their IT environment becomes increasingly more challenging to manage. The result is a constant treadmill of complexity and costs that hinder the ability of IT to focus on delivering value to the business. System Center Operations Manager 2007 helps businesses address these IT management challenges and spend more time focusing on driving business success.
System Center Operations Manager 2007 lets you easily monitor your IT services, reliably scales across your organization and environment, and includes the Microsoft application and operating system (OS) knowledge you need to rapidly resolve your operational problems.
With this new release, Operations Manager will:

• Proactively manages business critical IT services including applications, the supporting infrastructure and hardware, and end user clients.
• Reduce the complexities of managing your IT environment by providing a monitoring solution that is designed with ease of use in mind.
• Provide a highly reliable infrastructure by leveraging Windows Server and SQL Server 2005 clustering for high availability and through agents that automatically failover to a secondary management server if connectivity to the primary is lost.
• Include management packs with prescriptive knowledge developed by the application and OS development teams at Microsoft and verified in production deployments to improve monitoring, troubleshooting, and problem resolution for more than 50 Microsoft applications and Windows server components.

To find out more about System Center Operations Manager 2007 and to receive more information about our future beta program, register today!

Microsoft Infrastructure Optimization Journey - IOI

The Infrastructure Optimization Model from Microsoft helps customers understand and subsequently improve the current state of their IT infrastructure and what that means in terms of cost, security risk, and operational agility. Dramatic cost savings can be realized by moving from an unmanaged environment towards a dynamic environment. Security improves from highly vulnerable in a Basic infrastructure to dynamically proactive in a more mature infrastructure.

IT infrastructure management changes from highly manual and reactive to highly automated and proactive. Microsoft and Partners can provide the technologies, processes, and procedures to help customers move up through the infrastructure optimization journey. Processes move from fragmented or nonexistent to optimized and repeatable. A customer's ability to use technology to improve their business agility and deliver business value increases as they move from the Basic state up the continuum toward a Dynamic state, empowering information workers, managers, and supporting new business opportunities.

More information can be found here.....

Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 2 - Uncovering the Device Security Policies

Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 2 - Uncovering the Device Security PoliciesWe all know how easy it is to lose a mobile device, or even worse have it stolen. Now that we have the possibility of synchronizing our devices with a mailbox, we need a way to properly secure our devices, so that any corporate information or other sensitive data can be held secure. With Exchange 2003 SP2 applied, you as an administrator have the possibility of configuring mandatory PIN or password requirements for the Windows 5.0 Mobile Devices that synchronize with the Exchange servers in your organization. You could for example configure a device to require a four-digit personal identification number (PIN), that the users would need to enter before they were allowed access to their device. If a user were to enter this PIN incorrectly let's say four times, you could even configure the device security settings so that all data on the device would be erased (equal to a local wipe). More information can be found here...

Knowledge Base of "How To ...................." Articles

Winodws:

• - Install/Upgrade to Windows Server 2003 R2
• - Create an Active Directory Server in Windows Server 2003
• - Upgrade Windows 2000 Domain Controllers to Windows Server 2003
• - Upgrade a NT 4.0- PDC to a Windows Server 2003- Domain Controller
• - Raise Domain and Forest Functional Levels in Windows Server 2003
• - How to remove data in Active Directory after an unsuccessful domain controller demotion

Exchange:

• - Implementing a Two Node Cluster with Windows 2003 Enterprise
• - Implement Exchange Server 2003 on a Windows 2000 / 2003 Cluster.
• - How to Verify That ForestPrep and DomainPrep Completed Successfully in Exchange 2000 Serveror Exchange Server 2003.
• - How to move Exchange 2000/2003 to new hardware and keep the same Server Name

Exchange 2003 Mobile Messaging Part 1 - A look at the Microsoft DirectPush technology

One of the most interesting features available in Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 is without doubt the new DirectPush Technology (aka AUTD v2), which improves the mobile messaging experience for your end-users by providing close to real over the air (OTA) push technology. In this article, which is the first in a 5 part article series on mobile messaging using Exchange 2003 with SP2 applied and mobile devices running Windows Mobile 5.0 with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) installed, we’ll take a closer look at the new DirectPush technology. More Information can be found here

Symantec Mail Security - Voted MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Anti Virus Category

April 25, 2006 – Symantec Mail Security was selected the winner in the Anti Virus category of the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Awards. Trend Micro ScanMail and ALWIL Software's avast! were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively. Symantec Mail Security was selected the winner in the Anti Virus category of the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Awards. Trend Micro ScanMail and ALWIL Software's avast! were first runner-up and second runner-up respectively. More information can be found here.....

Learn about the Next Version of Exchange Server, Code-Named "Exchange 12"

The next version of Microsoft Exchange Server, code-named Exchange "12", is designed to meet the growing demands of messaging for your organization. Exchange "12" offers a security-enhanced, reliable enterprise messaging platform that covers the fundamentals of e-mail and calendaring while delivering innovative new capabilities. Browse Microsoft Website for More information.